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Crest (French pronunciation: [kʁɛ] (listen)[2][3][4]) is a commune in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. In 2017, it had a population of 8,505.

Crest
Commune
The town seen from the tower
Coat of arms
Location of Crest
Crest
Crest
Coordinates: 44°43′45″N 5°01′22″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentDrôme
ArrondissementDie
CantonCrest
IntercommunalityCrestois et Pays de Saillans Cœur de Drôme
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Hervé Mariton (LR)
Area
1
23.38 km2 (9.03 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
8,680
 • Density370/km2 (960/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
26108 /26400
Elevation166–463 m (545–1,519 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population


Its inhabitants are called Crestois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 4,500—    
1800 4,500+0.00%
1806 4,370−0.49%
1821 4,335−0.05%
1831 4,901+1.23%
1836 4,983+0.33%
1841 4,948−0.14%
1846 5,079+0.52%
1851 5,423+1.32%
1856 5,110−1.18%
1861 5,460+1.33%
1866 5,351−0.40%
1872 5,568+0.66%
1876 5,600+0.14%
1881 5,535−0.23%
1886 5,669+0.48%
1891 5,569−0.36%
1896 5,582+0.05%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 5,579−0.01%
1906 5,660+0.29%
1911 5,536−0.44%
1921 5,005−1.00%
1926 5,250+0.96%
1931 5,379+0.49%
1936 5,513+0.49%
1946 5,359−0.28%
1954 5,773+0.93%
1962 6,207+0.91%
1968 7,140+2.36%
1975 7,519+0.74%
1982 7,518−0.00%
1990 7,583+0.11%
1999 7,739+0.23%
2007 7,789+0.08%
2012 8,095+0.77%
2017 8,505+0.99%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

Sights


There are various exhibitions in the castle plus information about the Tour's past including the fact that it has served as a prison in the past.

The Tour holds two spectacular carved wooden doors one of which is believed to depict the original castle.

There is an artisanal chocolate manufacturer in the town with a chocolate museum attached. The museum has a model of the tour in chocolate and various scenes in the history of chocolate also created in chocolate.

The town is still substantially medieval with steep narrow lanes leading up to the Tour.


Twin towns


Crest is twinned with:

- Cromer in Norfolk, England,

- Nidda in Germany and

- Ponte San Nicolò in Italy.

- Medvode in Slovenia


See also



References


  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. Festival « Crest Jazz vocal », archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-07-16
  3. Municipales 2020 : débat du second tour à Crest (Drôme), archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-07-16
  4. Patrimoine : Crest, le plus haut donjon de France !, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-07-16
  5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Crest, EHESS. (in French)
  6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
Drôme River at Crest
Drôme River at Crest
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[de] Crest

Crest ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 8680 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Drôme in der Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Der Name kommt von einer crête rocheuse (felsiger Kamm), einem zu Tage tretenden Felskamm, der von weitem sichtbar ist und an dessen Fuß heute die Stadt liegt.
- [en] Crest, Drôme


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